A struggling publisher tracks down former successful author who under contract from fifty years ago still owes them a book. He's initially a nightmare, but they start to work together... The writer (of this) is Anthony Grieco, his only published screenplay.
Unlikely sounding teaming of Aubrey Plaza with Michael Caine works quite well - the latter is as good as ever. At 88, and with mobility problems, Caine has admitted this may be his last role. If it is, it's a fitting one. (Bet it isn't, though.) Also with Scott Speedman, Ellen Wong, Cary Elwes
A largely Canadian crew (it was filmed there in suitably wintery locations) with DP Claudine Sauvé and editor Arthur Tarnowski. It was interesting to read that Plaza was shot with a tight lens and Caine had more of a wide, messy one with distortions.
Caine's character maybe becomes a bit too sweet too quickly but we generally enjoyed it and its twists. The writer thinks the heart of it is 'daddy issues'; it's dedicated to 'My Dad' - presumably Roessler's?
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Good extensive interview with writer and director here, in which the writer, fondly refers to The Apartment ('it's perfect') but asks the intriguing question - Can you imagine pitching that today? It's a weird sex comedy about a guy lending out his apartment to get ahead, then falls for a girl who tries to commit suicide there! Ok. that's not quite the synopsis, but I know what he means...
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